Green Tobacco Sickness

Goldy DA; Jones MS

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Green Tobacco Sickness

1998/09/01
By Goldy DA ; Jones MS

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Personal Author:

Goldy DA ; Jones MS
Description:

Harvesting burley tobacco during the hot, humid months of late summer and early fall creates a risk of green tobacco sickness (GTS). GTS or nicotine poisoning occurs when nicotine is absorbed through the skin of tobacco workers. This dermal absorption occurs when the workers come in contact with wet green tobacco. Wet clothing contaminated with nicotine during the early morning may continue to dose the worker with nicotine throughout the day. [Description provided by NIOSH]
Subjects:

Agriculture Dermatitis Education Environment Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Pollution Farmers Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Poisoning Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Skin Skin Diseases Stress, Psychological Tobacco Products
Keywords:

Absorbers Absorption-rates Agricultural-industry Agricultural-products Agricultural-workers Dermatology Dermatosis Detectors Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Environmental-health Environmental-pollution Environmental-protection Environmental-stress Health-hazards Health-protection Injuries Injury-prevention Poison-control Poisons Pollutants Risk-analysis Risk-factors Tobacco Tobacco-constituents Tobacco-dusts Tobacco-industry
ISSN:

0361-1817
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

15-16
Volume:

23
Issue:

9
NIOSHTIC Number:

nn:20035013
Citation:

Nurse Pract 1998 Sep; 23(9):15-16
Federal Fiscal Year:

1998
Performing Organization:

University of Kentucky
Peer Reviewed:

True
Start Date:

20010930
Source Full Name:

The Nurse Practitioner
End Date:

20270929
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187012/cdc_187012_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 310.42 KB ]

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